65.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.5%
- 2021: 65.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cancanning · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cancanning
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Well over 65% of people in Cancanning have completed Year 12, a figure that is well above the national average. This high level of school completion stands out in a place where higher university degrees are less common. Most adults here hold practical qualifications instead of academic ones.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 65.4%, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Western Australian figure of 58%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cancanning, Year 12 is the majority at 81%; Year 10 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.7% of the population, which is well below the Australian average of 26.3%. Instead, nearly half of the local qualifications are Certificate III or IV levels.
16.7% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Cancanning, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 64%; Bachelor degree is next at 36%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with degrees, health is the primary field of study, accounting for 25% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar places.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cancanning [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50241/cancanning/topic/education